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Review: THE WEIGHT With Ethan Hawke & Russell Crowe

Good films do not have to be over complicated, or over thought. A well crafted story, strong performances and good visuals are all you need to deliver something that can capture the attention of an audience and have some emotional resonance. I mean, [...]

October 2, 2026

Podcast Episode 114: Oscar-Winning Director Kevin Macdonald On Real Time Thriller THE RUNNER

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about his latest film, The Runner starring Gal Gadot and Damien Lewis. The Runner is a tense real-time thriller that sees a lawyer (Gadot) [...]

September 1, 2026

Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Trailer: Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY Doesn’t Need To Be Historically Accurate

The first full trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has dropped – and it looks pretty impressive (as you would expect from a Nolan film). It’s got the usual muted colour palette, but he’s trying something a little different here [...]

May 9, 2026

Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery in Highlander.

Review: 40 Years Of HIGHLANDER With Christopher Lambert & Sean Connery

Russell Mulcahy’s Highlander is without a doubt one of the finest cult films of the 1980s. This 1986 film is a wonderful action-fantasy romp that pretty much works on every level. Yes, it might be a little dated 40 years on from its initial [...]

May 3, 2026

1970s style artwork for The Nice Guys with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling.

Blu-ray Review: Russell Crowe & Ryan Gosling Impress In Shane Black’s THE NICE GUYS

Shane Black’s The Nice Guys is a witty slice of throwback 1970s-set noir that packs a hugely entertaining punch. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling play Jackson Healey and Holland March, two down on their luck Los Angeles detectives tracking down a [...]

July 8, 2025

Review: The Power Of Russell Crowe Compels You To Watch THE EXORCISM

There have been hundreds of films about exorcisms in the wake of the monumental success of the late William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. Friedkin’s 1973 adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel was a phenomenon and countless filmmaker’s have [...]

June 29, 2024

Podcast Episode 46: Director Adam Cooper Discusses SLEEPING DOGS & Working With Russell Crowe & Karen Gillan

Based on E.O. Chirovici’s novel, The Book of Mirrors, Sleeping Dogs is a twisty and entertaining thriller starring the mighty Russell Crowe. Crowe plays Roy Freeman, a former cop undergoing treatment for Alzheimer’s disease who starts to [...]

March 15, 2024

Teaser Trailer & Poster For THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Starring Chris Hemsworth & Half Of Hollywood

Thor: Love And Thunder looks like more of the same superhero slapdash. This is kind of getting exhausting now as it seems like nearly everyone in Hollywoodis picking-up a nice big payday for starring in Taika Waititi’s fourth Thor movie. Chris [...]

April 19, 2022

Remembering Shane Black’s KISS KISS BANG BANG Starring Robert Downy Jr & Val Kilmer

Famed screenwriter, Shane Black made his directorial debut in 2005 with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Black’s film, based on Brett Halliday’s novel, Bodies Are Where You Find Them is a near flawless modern noir and the script sizzles with [...]

December 9, 2021

Notebook Reviews: GLADIATOR

Ridley Scott – 2000 Ridley Scott‘s Gladiator is a frustrating historical epic. It has some great sequences and impressive effects but there’s quite a bit of inertia in the storytelling. Russell Crowe delivers a muscular, [...]

August 2, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Franklin. J. Schaffner’s THE WAR LORD

The mighty Charlton Heston is the master of the movie epic (sorry Russell Crowe) and The War Lord is a film that really highlights this. Teaming with Franklin. J. Schaffner for the first time, Heston plays Chrysagon de la Cruex, a Knight charge [...]

April 21, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Shane Black Directs Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe On The Set Of THE NICE GUYS

A wonderful slice of entertainment, 2016 The Nice Guys is Shane Black doing what he does best (although maybe not pushing himself). The film riffs on his previous back-catalogue, mixing in a 1970s groove to keep things feeling fresh. It’s a shame [...]

April 8, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Zack Snyder Directs Henry Cavill & Kevin Costner On The Set Of MAN OF STEEL

Director Zack Snyder‘s Man of Steel gets a lot right. The casting of Henry Cavill as Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent is spot-on and the actor brings the right notes of heroism and earnestness to the role, as well as embodying the physical presence [...]

February 25, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Kevin Macdonald Directs Russell Crowe & Ben Affleck On The Set Of STATE OF PLAY

Kevin Macdonald’s State of Play is a classy piece of Hollywood filmmaking that delivers an entertaining two hours in the cinema and features enjoyable star performances from Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams. The 2009 film which [...]

December 7, 2020

Notebook Reviews: HEAVEN’S BURNING

Craig Lahiff – 1997 Heaven’s Burning is a violent and darkly comic Australian road movie starring Russell Crowe. Craig Lahiff’s film has a Bonnie & Clyde meets Mad Max vibe and it is crammed full of bizarre characters and [...]

November 20, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Russell Crowe & Darren Aronofsky On The Set Of NOAH

Director Darren Aronofsky harboured dreams of making Noah for over a decade and he was finally able to achieve his goal by using the critical and commercial success of The Wrestler and Black Swan as leverage so that Paramount Pictures would stump [...]

November 17, 2020

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